Stories from Thursday, December 8, 2011

Thayer children injured in icy crash(12/08/11)Two children and an adult were injured in a pickup rollover on Highway 142 about five miles east of Thayer on Dec. 7. At nearly the same time, several other accidents occurred in the area, including one with a Mammoth Spring school bus, according to authorities. No injuries were reported in the school bus crash...

Economic development expert visits Salem(12/08/11)About every weekday, Katherine AufderHeide leaves her home in Little Rock and starts driving. AufderHeide covers a lot of ground helping 21 counties and their cities with economic development issues, as Regional Manager of Community Development for the Arkansas Economic Development Commission...

Ground broken for new VA clinic in West Plains(12/08/11)By about August 2012, area military veterans will have a larger medical clinic -- twice the size of the current facility -- with laboratory and radiology services. John J. Pershing VA Medical Center in Poplar Bluff held a groundbreaking ceremony Friday, Dec. 2, for the new John J. Pershing Medical Clinic, to be located off of the Highway 63 bypass and Route K in West Plains...

Family dispute ends with fatality(12/08/11)A Cave City domestic dispute turned deadly on Sunday, Dec. 4, after a man died from apparent gun shot wounds following an argument. Sharp County Sheriff Mark Counts said the Sharp County Sheriff's Department, Cave City Police Department, Arkansas State Police and Spring River Paramedic Ambulance Service responded to a call on East Ridge Road in Cave City on Sunday...